Search Results - "MacDonald, Karen V"
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An individualized patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) based patient decision aid and surgeon report for patients considering total knee arthroplasty: protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Published in BMC musculoskeletal disorders (23-02-2019)“…While the rates of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) continue to rise worldwide, there are concerns about whether all surgeries are appropriate. Guidelines for…”
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Estimating Preferences for Complex Health Technologies: Lessons Learned and Implications for Personalized Medicine
Published in Value in health (2017)“…Abstract We examine key study design challenges of using stated-preference methods to estimate the value of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) as a specific example…”
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Patient preferences for active ulcerative colitis treatments and fecal microbiota transplantation
Published in Therapeutic advances in chronic disease (01-01-2024)“…Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a promising treatment for active ulcerative colitis (UC). Understanding patient preferences can identify treatment…”
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An online individualised patient decision aid improves the quality of decisions in patients considering total knee arthroplasty in routine care: A randomized controlled trial
Published in Osteoarthritis and cartilage open (01-09-2022)“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an online patient decision aid with individualised potential outcomes of surgery, on the…”
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S871 Patient Satisfaction With and Access to Virtual Healthcare for Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Preliminary results from a multicenter, randomized trial using fecal microbial transplantation to induce remission in patients with mild to moderate Crohn’s disease
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (12-11-2024)“…Introduction: Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) has shown promise at inducing remission in ulcerative colitis. This study is the first of its kind to…”
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(Un)standardized testing: the diagnostic odyssey of children with rare genetic disorders in Alberta, Canada
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-02-2021)“…Purpose We provide a description of the diagnostic odyssey for a cohort of children seeking diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder in terms of the time from…”
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Are We Capturing the Socioeconomic Burden of Rare Genetic Disease? A Scoping Review of Economic Evaluations and Cost-of-Illness Studies
Published in PharmacoEconomics (01-12-2023)“…Background and Objectives Rare diseases have a significant impact on patients, families, the health system, and society. Measuring the socioeconomic burden is…”
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The value of diagnostic testing for parents of children with rare genetic diseases
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-12-2019)“…Purpose Exome sequencing (ES) can rapidly identify disease-causing variants responsible for rare, single-gene diseases, and potentially reduce the duration of…”
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Impact of an online, individualised, patient reported outcome measures based patient decision aid on patient expectations, decisional regret, satisfaction, and health‐related quality‐of‐life for patients considering total knee arthroplasty: Results from a randomised controlled trial
Published in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (01-04-2023)“…Rationale Total knee arthroplasty is a common surgical procedure but not appropriate for all patients with knee osteoarthritis. Patient decision aids (PtDAs)…”
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How do women trade-off benefits and risks in chemotherapy treatment decisions based on gene expression profiling for early-stage breast cancer? A discrete choice experiment
Published in BMJ open (02-06-2016)“…ObjectivesGene expression profiling (GEP) of tumours informs baseline risk prediction, potentially affecting adjuvant chemotherapy decisions for women with…”
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Exploring How Values of Colorectal Cancer Patients and their Caregivers Influence Treatment Decision-Making
Published in The patient : patient-centered outcomes research (18-09-2024)“…As we adopt value models to inform drug reimbursement, coverage, clinical trials, and treatment choices, aligning these models to reflect patient values and…”
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The influence of gene expression profiling on decisional conflict in decision making for early-stage breast cancer chemotherapy
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-07-2016)“…Abstract Background Women with early-stage breast cancer, of whom only 15% will experience a recurrence, are often conflicted or uncertain about taking…”
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Direct health-care costs for children diagnosed with genetic diseases are significantly higher than for children with other chronic diseases
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-05-2019)“…Purpose We aimed to estimate direct health-care costs and physician utilization for a cohort of children diagnosed with genetic diseases. Methods Retrospective…”
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Estimating the Burden of Osteoarthritis to Plan for the Future
Published in Arthritis care & research (2010) (01-10-2015)“…Objective With aging and obesity trends, the incidence and prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) is expected to rise in Canada, increasing the demand for health…”
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What are people willing to pay for whole-genome sequencing information, and who decides what they receive?
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-12-2016)“…Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can be used as a powerful diagnostic tool as well as for screening, but it may lead to anxiety, unnecessary testing, and…”
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Symptom onset, diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis
Published in Health reports (01-09-2014)“…The time between symptom onset and physician diagnosis is a period when people with osteoarthritis can make lifestyle changes to reduce pain, improve function…”
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Methods for Conducting Stated Preference Research with Children and Adolescents in Health: A Scoping Review of the Application of Discrete Choice Experiments
Published in The patient : patient-centered outcomes research (01-11-2021)“…Background Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are a common method used to describe and quantitatively assess preferences in health applications. Increasingly,…”
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Correction: The value of diagnostic testing for parents of children with rare genetic diseases
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-11-2019)“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Correction: Corrigendum: What are people willing to pay for whole-genome sequencing information, and who decides what they receive?
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-01-2018)“…Correction to: Genetics in Medicine (2016) 18, 1295–1302 doi:10.1038/gim.2016.61 In the published version of this article, the ranges of willingness to pay on…”
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